A or B or C

[MountainWalk]

Well Mister Doug, ‘twas I, I’d use this hunt for good. Take up your bow, or maybe even that old rifle you got from your Pa.  But go into the hills and be with the Lord and His creation that He’s given to us. Think about your Pa and while you’re hiking and watching, and know he’s there with you using his eyes just as before.  Maybe you won’t find a monster. Maybe you won’t fill a tag. But you’ll be ok and you’ll feel better.


  Sometimes when I get to thinking and remembering too hard, I end up straying from the hunt, and just ramble about the bush or the hills, not so much looking for animals, but just existing in a four legged environment full of bears, moose and wolves , trying to make it back to camp so that I may sit and rest and ruminate on what I’ve seen and the thoughts and people I remembered.

[GASoline71]

When I was young, I've been on "Hunt A's" and the word miserable is key.  So miserable the fun was knocked right out of me.  Dumb enough to do it twice.  Struck out both times. 

"Hunt B's" have been fun and I would do it again.  At age 54 I'd be a little slower and also not throw as much caution to the wind.

But now, with our little elk camp growing with more family coming in to the camp and I've killed what I view as "trophies" over the years.  I'm just happy to meander in to the woods and hike with a rifle in to some of my favorite haunts.  We will have our grandkids in camp this year for the first time.  So while the age 20 and 30 somethings pound the mountain... I'll be at camp with the wife teaching the grandkids the woods, woodsmanship and the ways of elk hunting. "Hunt C" all the way for me. 

Gary

[NRA4LIFE]

B-/C+ for me.  At 59, the day after a long hike or pack out is brutal.  And I just don't seem to have the drive I once had.  My buddy back east hasn't been able to hunt for sometime due to health issues and my 90 year old dad is probably done now. 

[bigmacc]

Always, every year it starts out as an A but now looking down the barrel of 70 I’ll get a couple miles in and say to myself “ hey, I know a good little spot right over there, think I’ll just plop down next to that stump”😆 seems to be working out ok so far😆. Yep, always starts out as an A but usually disintegrates into a C and with each passing year the disintegration happens faster 😆👍

[jasnt]

A true adventure is an undertaking that the most likely outcome is failure

[Falcon]

I am saying B.   Still up for the challenge, but not willing to kill myself doing it unless I hunt Mtn goat again 

[jackelope]

B.
I could notch up to an A with the right opportunity. Tough to want that in Washington.  Lots and lots of effort with very few opportunities for reward from a deer standpoint. I really like the mountains, but I think I'm a hiker and a fisherman in the mountains anymore.

[ctwiggs1]

I'm "B" during the early season when I'm filling the freezer.

Happy to transition to A after that.

[pianoman9701]

Back in NH, I was an A, compared to most hunters back home. When I moved out here, I realized that I was a B level. The As were weightlifting year round and running up mountains. Lately, more of a C. I'll put 5 miles on the boots a day or I might hunt in the morning and keep watch for elk from camp in the afternoon with a cigar and even pick a few shrooms. I'll be collecting my first SS check this month. I don't push it over the top.

[idaho guy]

 I start with A if that fails I go to plan b and then possibly c. I am starting kind of with A this year not an overly tough area to hunt but going for one specific bull for archery. The hunt area is not real tough physically but the bull is tough to hunt and the area is super thick.     

[metlhead]

Kinda like my grades in school, I'm a C guy and even appreciate a solid D. Hunt more like an F these days, but we got meat.

[longtrails]

Used to love A and B. Now that im older and disabled it has to be C. Heart and mind want to still do A and B . Though im just thankful if i get anything, antlers or not. As long as its legal and i can put it to plate, im happy. It's just par for the course. Young people love to carry heavy packs and be adventurous and the older you get the less you can do, so you have to settle for what you still can do. It may not be as glamorous as going deep into the woods and telling a great deer story, but as long as your still in the game, thats all that matters.     

[Itsintheblood]

I'm A when I can. Most of my hunts are with my father. Because of that I end up more B and C. I really enjoy a good grind which opens up more options for him. If he shoots a buck 5 miles from the truck it would all come out on my back. I cherish every chance I get to hunt with him but know they are limited because he is now 67. So I will squeeze in an A every chance I get but will never give up a B or C with the oldman.

[shootem]

Done them all with great memories but accept C as my most realistic option at this point in my life. Accept what you are given and enjoy the hell out of it. 

[TVHunts]

Done them all with great memories but accept C as my most realistic option at this point in my life. Accept what you are given and enjoy the hell out of it.

Well put, Sir!

B at this point in life.